national sales tax......?

[SecretE]

Originally Posted by ICU 812

We all might want to look at the European concept of the "Value Added Tax". There is a tax paid every time a product changes hands , from the producer, through every commercial intermediate step and on through the final sail to the consumer. Do we really want that?

As a replacement to an income tax...yes. As an addition to an income tax...no. America has a HUGE over-consumption problem, and most Americans don't invest enough of their money.

[Why_Yes_I_Do]

Originally Posted by txdot-guy

Apparently income tax has been around for quite some time...

How did the Federal government raise revenues before an income tax and for how long did they do that, since our founding?

[txdot-guy]

Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do

How did the Federal government raise revenues before an income tax and for how long did they do that, since our founding?

This is easily researched so I assume you are asking this question as some sort of gotcha moment.

Here is a graphic of taxation in america since the founding of the country.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:F...es_by_type.pdf

What’s your point. If you want to make an argument try doing that instead of asking easily researched questions.